Numbering-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

E. P. SHELDON.

NUMBERING MACHINE. APPLICATION rum) arm. 15, 19os.

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.No. 756,063. I PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

E. P. SHELDON.

NUMBERI-NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 15, 1903. NO MODEL. a SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

E.P.SHELDON.

NUMBERING MAGHINB. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 125, 1903.

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UNITED V STATES Patented ll lfarchf), 1994;

PATENT OFFI E.

EDWARDP. SH LDON, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PHIL P unnoyor NEWYoR ,ln Y; j

NUMBERlNG-IVlACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming-lpart'of Letters Patent No. 756,063, dated M rch29, 1904. Application filed September 15, 1903. Serial No. 173,345. Nomodeh) To all whorn, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. SHELDON, acitizen of the United. States,residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Numbering- Machines, of which the following isa'specification.

This invention consists of certain improvements in numbering devicesadapted, for example, for such work as numbering sales slips orbooksused to check or keep account of and to compare or verify sales orpayments.

By means of this invention the numbering or paging of sheets or slipscan be readily adjusted to any desired length or width of sheetsordivision of sheets as it may be desired to cut and fold to form a bookof given size.

The printing or numbering according to this invention can be done withthe figures or wise, and a practicable'way has been found to arrange thenumbering-wheels about a cy-lin.

der with their axes at right angles or trans verse to the axis of suchcylinder.

An ordinary numbering-machine or set of numbering-wheels can thus beemployed, and having their axes arranged transversely to the directionin. which they are carried about by the cylinder suchwheels will not beaccidentally shifted or rotated by the. printingstroke or contact of thewheels with the paper or sheet. 4 As the numbering machine or wheels ora series thereof are set along a cylinder at suitable points and spacedas desired, the impressions or numbers are correspondinglyprinted on thesheet fed past such cylinder.

Arranging the numbering-machines in suitable group or groups about thecylinder or circumferentially'will also make provision for such size ordivision of sheets as maybe required.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims,and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a sideelevation of a press. Fig. 2 shows a type-cylinder withnumberingmachine. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of 2. Fig. 4shows details. 'Fig. 5 is a section along 5 5, Fig. 4.

The numbering-machine consists of a series of disks-a, having numbers onthe circumference thereof. Each of these disks a is mounted on ashaft b,and the disks can be rotated to bring the different numbers in line forprinting. The shaft Z2 is carried by a frame 0, which can'be placed ontothe rails or supports of, car' ried by the printing or type cylinder orits heads or ends 6. A screw f is employed to fasten or clamp the frame0 of the numberingmachine to the cylinder 0 and preventthe same fromshifting when in proper position on the rails. The rails or supportsd'eX'tend the en tire length of thecylinder e or practically the entirelength, so that the numbering-machine can be placed inany position toprint more or r less awayfrom the margins of a sheet of paper;typeupright, while the sheet is delivered side- The cylinder carryingthe numbering-machine is what 'may' be called a skeleton or open-workcylinder, 'sincethe cylinderheads 49 carrythe suitably-spaced rails or'tracks cl, on which the numbering-disks a are cylinder... p

The-axis or shaftof the carrying-cylinder 'is shown -at{' h, and saidaxesf/L and Z) are at right angles or transverse to one another. As

thecarrying or type cylinder ecarries the type or number wheels to'thesheet or'print.-. ing-point the wheels'contact with iandprint on ornumber-the sheet; but such contact be- .ing along the line of axis'bcannot act to 'ro-" tate the wheels a. Accidental shift of the 5 Thewheels are rotated or given the'required numbering-wheels is thusavoided.

step-by-ste-p movement by suitable: mechan' ism, so that the continuousnumbering issuit ably effected.

The wheels are rotated by ratchet and pawl The lever actuated by thelever or arm receives motion from'a suitably-actuated rail Z. This leveror-pawl has a pin in, which, 'sitting into a groove or slot m in rail Z,'will be suitably connected thereto, so as to be swung as the rail Z ismoved back and forth, or rather in and out, toward and from the centeror axle h of the type-cylinder e. This rail Zis actuated by a spring andcam or eccentric n. Said rail is shown mounted in grooves 0 in thecylinder, and as such cylinder rotates and carries the rails or bars Zto the eccentrics the bars Z are moved or pressed inward to be returnedby the springs when past the cams. Antifriction-rollers 2, Fig. 5, areheld in place on rail Z by collars 3 with fixing-screws 4, and saidrollers 2 case the movement along eccentric 12. Such oscillation of thecam-actuated bars Z oscillates the pawl i to move or set thenumbering-wheels.

The rails d and wheel-setting bars Z or their mountings, as presentlyexplained, are removable from and replaceable on-the cylinder or heads6. Only one bar Z, with its numberingmachine or single row of numberingmachines, can be supplied to a type-cylinder, or a group or suitableseries of numbering-machines, with adjacent mechanism, can be arrangedabout the circumference of the cylinder, so that on each revolution ofthe cylinder a desired number of impressions or figures can be printed.In other words, one or a series of numbering-machines can be grouped andadjusted between the ends of or along the cylind er and also about thecylinder, as required for the work in hand. Longer and shorter as alsonarrower and wider work or sheets can thus be printed, numbered, orpaged.

As the device can be combined with a suitable cutting and foldingmachine, the formation of books or book-sections can be carried on inconnection with the numbering or paging.

The carrying-rails d and actuating-railsZ being extended alongside oneanother, the numbering'machin'e can be adjusted or set along the rails(Z, and the pin-and-slot connection (in dicated atk) will maintainengagement between the numbering-wheels and their rotating or propellingarm along said points-of adjustment, so that the numbering can becarried on at any point across the cylinder. The numbering-machine beingclamped or fixed to a suitable point along rails d, the actuatingrailswill rotate the number-wheels at any of such points.

The rails (Z are shown supported by blocks 1). Each of such blocks, asseen in Fig. 3, is

composed of two sections united by screw t, and when this screw isloosened and the outer or hook section of block 12 removed the rails dare free from these blocks, while when the block-sections are united orscrewed together the rails 03 are secured therebetween. Clamping devicesor sleeves q are provided on the axle of the type-cylinder to engage orsecure the blocks. Said blocks are shown with tongues or projections 12extended therefrom along the axis of the cylinder, and the conical ortapered clampings-leeves being jammed onto these tongues will hold orsecure the blocks in place and hold the. rails with thenumberingmachines in position.

In addition to the blocks p the rails d are provided with feet orsupports 1, Fig. 4, having concave edges adapted to sit on thecylinder-shaft h or on a hub part h, Fig. 2, of said shaft. Such feet 7are shown provided with bracket portions 1*, having segmental slotsadapted for the passage of screws or studs 10, inserted into thecylinder-heads 6.

When the screws u and t are removed, the.

rails d, with feet r andbrackets 1 can be removed or lifted off thecylinder. When the screws u are removed and the fastening g loosened,the blocks 2, with rails d, can be set or adjusted entirely around thecylinder or shaft at any point thereof. On then tightening the clamp qand inserting screws u the rails (i will be fixed in the requiredposition.

The number of holes 4) and the sizes of the segmental slots in bracketsr are such that a screw it can be passed through a slot into a hole nomatter in what position the rails may be.

In Fig. 2 the type-cylinder is shown with end heads 6 and also anintermediate head, so that this cylinder is partitioned or divided intoparts or two divisions. Of course the cylinder can be made of anysuitable length and partitioned or divided or not as called for andnumbering-machines applied on each cylinder or in each division thereof,according to the work demanded.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cylinder having a shaft and heads, number-wheel-carrying railshaving bracket portions with feet or supporting parts adapted to sit onthe shaft, an adjustable supporting-block for the rails, and screws forsecuring the bracket portions to the cylinder-heads.

2. A cylinder having a shaft and heads,

number-wheel-carrying rails having bracket portions with feet orsupporting parts adapted to sit on the shaft, an adjustablesupporting-block for the rails, and screws for securing the bracketportions to the cylinder-heads, said bracket portions having segmentalslots to allow adjustment about the shaft when the screws are loosened.

3. A cylinder having a shaft and heads, number-wheel-carrying railshaving bracket portions with feet or supporting parts adapted to sit onthe shaft, an adjustable supporting-block for the rails, and screws forsecuring the bracket portions to the cylinder-heads, said bracketportions having segmental slots to allow adjustment about the shaft whenthe screws are loosened and said cylinder-heads having a series of holesor taps for allowing the screws to be applied in different positions.

4. Acylinder comprising a shaft and heads, rails provided with foot andbracket portions, numbering-wheels on the rails, springpressedactuating-rails for the wheels mounted in the brackets, blocks forremovably holding the rails with their brackets to the cylinder-shaft,and screws for removably securing the brackets to the cylinder-heads,said brackets being slotted for the passage of the screws and to allowadjustability of the brackets when the screws are loosened.

5. A cylinder having a shaft, supportingrails having brackets secured tothe cylinder and feet made to rest on the shaft, blocks for engaging therails, a clamp for securing the blocks to the shaft, numbering-wheels onthe rails, and an actuating-rail for the numberwheels movably mounted inthe bracket.

6. The combination with a cylinder comprising a shaft and heads, ofrails having feet made to rest on the shaft and brackets havingscrew-and-slot connections with the heads, a number-wheel-actuating railmounted to move eccentrically in the bracket, asupportingblock for therails, and a clamping-cone seated about the shaft and adapted to adjustably secure the blocks to the shaft.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDWARD P. SHELDON. Witnesses:

W. G. HAUFF, OHAs. E. POENSGEN.

